[PATCH v3 8/9] perf mem: Return NULL for event 'ldst' on PowerPC

Naveen N. Rao naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Oct 28 05:35:03 EDT 2020


[+ Maddy]

Leo Yan wrote:
> If user specifies event type "ldst", PowerPC's perf_mem_events__name()
> will wrongly return the store event name "cpu/mem-stores/".
> 
> This patch changes to return NULL for the event "ldst" on PowerPC.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org>
> ---
>  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
> index 07fb5e049488..90c5a0760685 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
> @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ char *perf_mem_events__name(int i)
>  {
>  	if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD)
>  		return (char *) "cpu/mem-loads/";
> -
> -	return (char *) "cpu/mem-stores/";
> +	else if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__STORE)
> +		return (char *) "cpu/mem-stores/";
> +	else
> +		return NULL;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
> 



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